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There won't be a war precisely because it's taking a long time, just a bluff.
by ranguna 5y ago
There won't be a war precisely because it's taking a long time, just a bluff.
- sofixa 5y agoOn the contrary, the bluff is costly and it's costing money every day. It doesn't make sense to continue it for long after seeing that the initial public objectives aren't attainable. Furthermore, the evacuations and mobilisations from the separatist republics, and the false flag bombs and stuff, feel like going too far for merely bluffing.
- ranguna 5y ago> false flag bombs and stuff, feel like going too far for merely bluffing. Again, to me, this is the definition of bluff. It's literally in your sentence "_false_ flag bombs"
- sofixa 5y agoFalse flag as in, the Russians plant a bomb, and say it's the Ukrainians who planted it, to make up a casus belli.
- CodeGlitch 5y agoOligarchs have been taking a lot of flights out of Russia recently: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypwvy/ukraine-oligarchs-flee-invasion-private-jets https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypwvy/ukraine-oligarchs-fle... If it's a bluff, it's a bloody good one.
- sofixa 5y agoThe article is about Ukrainian oligarchs running away, which just means they're scared of Russia and doesn't indicate any insider knowledge ( even if one of them is a leader of a pro-Russian party and there might be a connection).
- CodeGlitch 5y agoYes my bad. I read an article about it the other day but linked to the wrong one.